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Undiplomatic HistoryThe New Study of Canada and the World |
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Inviting readers to reconsider Canada's place in the world.
When the field of Canadian history underwent major shifts in the 1990s, international history became marginalized and the focus turned away from foreign affairs. Over the past decade, however, the study of Canada and the world has been revitalized.
Undiplomatic History charts these changes, bringing together leading and emerging historians of Canadian international and transnational relations to take stock of recent developments and to outline the course of future research. Following global trends in the wider historiography, contributors explore new lenses of historical analysis - such as race, gender, political economy, identity, religion, and the environment - and emphasize the relevance of non-state actors, including scientists, athletes, students, and activists. The essays in this volume challenge old ways of thinking and showcase how an exciting new generation of historians are asking novel questions about Canadians' interactions with people and places beyond the country's borders.
From human rights to the environment, and from medical internationalism to transnational feminism, Undiplomatic History maps out a path toward a vibrant and inclusive understanding of what constitutes Canadian foreign policy in an age of global connectivity.
Undiplomatic History charts these changes, bringing together leading and emerging historians of Canadian international and transnational relations to take stock of recent developments and to outline the course of future research. Following global trends in the wider historiography, contributors explore new lenses of historical analysis - such as race, gender, political economy, identity, religion, and the environment - and emphasize the relevance of non-state actors, including scientists, athletes, students, and activists. The essays in this volume challenge old ways of thinking and showcase how an exciting new generation of historians are asking novel questions about Canadians' interactions with people and places beyond the country's borders.
From human rights to the environment, and from medical internationalism to transnational feminism, Undiplomatic History maps out a path toward a vibrant and inclusive understanding of what constitutes Canadian foreign policy in an age of global connectivity.
Details
Part of the Rethinking Canada in the World (number 2 in series)
384 Pages, 6 x 9
5 images, 1 tables
ISBN 9780773556959
April 2019
Formats: Paperback, eBook
"The field has been influenced by borderlands studies and Indigenous studies, which encourage scholars to rethink the artificiality of boundary lines and consider what happens when you contextualize treaties between European nations and Indigenous peoples as international relations. By doing so, McKercher and Van Huizen demonstrate how the new features of the field complicate the history of how Canada and Canadians have interacted with the world." H-Net
Asa McKercher is assistant professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Philip Van Huizen is visiting assistant professor of history at Western Washington University.
Philip Van Huizen is visiting assistant professor of history at Western Washington University.
Table and Figures / vii
Acknowledgments / ix
Introduction: Undiplomatic History: Rethinking Canada and the World / 3
Asa McKercher and Philip Van Huizen
SECTION ONE EARLY DOMINION RELATIONS
1 The Politics of Sanctuary: John Surratt, the Catholic Church, and the US Civil War / 33
Laura Madokoro
2 Making Time: Transnational Networks and the Establishment of Standard Time in Canada and Beyond, 1867-1905 / 56
Scott Johnston
3 Rethinking Religion’s Role in Canadian Transnational Relations / 76
David Webster
SECTION TWO ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
4 Natural Security: Canada-US Environmental Diplomacy / 107
Daniel Macfarlane
5 Spreading the Gospel of Natural Birth: Canadian Contributions to an International Medical Movement, 1945-60 / 137
Whitney Wood
SECTION THREE DECOLONIZATION AND LIBERATION
6 Jameel’s Journal: Jim Peters, Anti-Orientalism, and Arab Decolonization in 1960s Canada / 163
Maurice Jr. Labelle
7 International Development and the State in Question: Liberal Internationalism, the New Left, and Canadian University Service Overseas in Tanzania, 1963-1977 / 184
Will Langford
8 Making Global Citizens? Canadian Women at the World Conference of the International Women’s Year, Mexico City 1975 / 206
Amanda Ricci
SECTION FOUR COLD WAR AND PEACE
9 Dancing into Hearts and Minds: Canadian Ballet Exchanges with the Communist World, 1956-76 / 233
Kailey Hansson
10 The Elephant in the Room: Rethinking Cruise Missile Testing and Pierre Trudeau’s Peace Mission / 253
Susan Colbourn
11 Cold War Endings: The Canadian Peace Congress and the Transnational Peace Movement, 1977-91 / 277
Steven Hugh Lee
SECTION FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS, CORPORATE RIGHTS
12 Canadian Corporate Social Irresponsibility: A History / 315
Stephanie Bangarth
13 Legislating Hate: Canada, the un, and the Push to Ban Hate Propaganda, 1960-70 / 333
Jennifer Tunnicliffe
Contributors / 355
Index / 359
Acknowledgments / ix
Introduction: Undiplomatic History: Rethinking Canada and the World / 3
Asa McKercher and Philip Van Huizen
SECTION ONE EARLY DOMINION RELATIONS
1 The Politics of Sanctuary: John Surratt, the Catholic Church, and the US Civil War / 33
Laura Madokoro
2 Making Time: Transnational Networks and the Establishment of Standard Time in Canada and Beyond, 1867-1905 / 56
Scott Johnston
3 Rethinking Religion’s Role in Canadian Transnational Relations / 76
David Webster
SECTION TWO ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
4 Natural Security: Canada-US Environmental Diplomacy / 107
Daniel Macfarlane
5 Spreading the Gospel of Natural Birth: Canadian Contributions to an International Medical Movement, 1945-60 / 137
Whitney Wood
SECTION THREE DECOLONIZATION AND LIBERATION
6 Jameel’s Journal: Jim Peters, Anti-Orientalism, and Arab Decolonization in 1960s Canada / 163
Maurice Jr. Labelle
7 International Development and the State in Question: Liberal Internationalism, the New Left, and Canadian University Service Overseas in Tanzania, 1963-1977 / 184
Will Langford
8 Making Global Citizens? Canadian Women at the World Conference of the International Women’s Year, Mexico City 1975 / 206
Amanda Ricci
SECTION FOUR COLD WAR AND PEACE
9 Dancing into Hearts and Minds: Canadian Ballet Exchanges with the Communist World, 1956-76 / 233
Kailey Hansson
10 The Elephant in the Room: Rethinking Cruise Missile Testing and Pierre Trudeau’s Peace Mission / 253
Susan Colbourn
11 Cold War Endings: The Canadian Peace Congress and the Transnational Peace Movement, 1977-91 / 277
Steven Hugh Lee
SECTION FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS, CORPORATE RIGHTS
12 Canadian Corporate Social Irresponsibility: A History / 315
Stephanie Bangarth
13 Legislating Hate: Canada, the un, and the Push to Ban Hate Propaganda, 1960-70 / 333
Jennifer Tunnicliffe
Contributors / 355
Index / 359
